Mediactive: A User's Guide to Finding, Following, and Creating the News by Dan Gillmor

PDF, EPUB, MOBI, TXT, DOC Mediactive: A User's Guide to Finding, Following, and Creating the News The current woes of journalism have received widespread attention declining readership failing publishers complaints of bias and irrelevancy How can we live in an information age unless we have access to accurate information This book delves into the potential of collaborative news making with practical tested advice for consumers and creators alike .

Students journalists and anyone concerned with the future of democratic debate will find strategies and techniques for making the news vibrant again Amateurs will learn how to swim with the pros And if you have been a passive consumer of news you ll understand why and how becoming an active participant in media will help you navigate a world with nearly infinite sources of information .

Author Dan Gillmor was one of the leading journalists in the high tech world before leaving for academic research and practical experiments in the field of participatory journalism i Mediactive i is accompanied by a website a target blank href http mediactive com rel nofollow http mediactive com a that tracks the news and trends in this burgeoning field .

This book includes .

Strategies for finding and creating credible reliable information Key principles for media consumers and creators such as transparency and inclusiveness How journalism can thrive in a digital world and why it still matters How some laws and societal norms need to be upgraded in an age of citizen media How schools parents and media creators can lead the way in bringing these principles to a new generation

Mediactive: A User's Guide to Finding, Following, and Creating the News, Beyond Blogs: What Newsmakers Need to Know about New Media, Mediactive, We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, Anata Ga Media: Sōsharu Shinjidai No Jōhōjutsu, The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as Usual, We the Media Publisher: O'Reilly Media